Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Journal of Insect Physiology
Publication Date
1-1-1982
Abstract
Precocene treatment does not disrupt the events of reproduction in Glossina morsitans morsitans or induce any apparent changes in treated tsetse. However, some females of the F1 generation are either sterile or show retardations in follicle development. Sterility is not reversed spontaneously or with juvenile hormone analogues. The critical period for precocene action is related to each ovulation. The corpora allata of precocene-treated tsetse are normal, but those of F1 sterile females are degenerate. The occurrence of retardation has enabled the characterisation of stages in follicle development in G. m. morsitans. © 1982.
Keywords
corpus allatum, F generation 1, follicle development, germarium, Glossina morsitans morsitans, oöcyte, Precocene, sterile females
Recommended Citation
Samaranayaka-Ramasamy, M., & Chaudhury, M. (1982). Precocene-induced sterility in F1 generation of Glossina morsitans morsitans. Journal of Insect Physiology, 28 (6) https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(82)90037-3